英语词典 · 单词释义
sordid
英 ['sɔːdɪd] 美
这里集中整理“sordid”的音标、翻译、词源、例句和近反义词，方便快速确认词义并顺手做词汇积累。
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翻译 · 词源 · 例句- adj. 肮脏的；卑鄙的；利欲熏心的；色彩暗淡的
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音：扫地的，地上很脏，颜色是灰的；音：臊的, 臭臊的，腥臊的，像尿一样肮脏；
2. sord- (谐音“臊的”) + -id.
2. sord- (谐音“臊的”) + -id.
中文词源
sordid 污秽的，肮脏的
来自拉丁语 sordere,变得肮脏，来自 sordes,肮脏，污秽，来自 PIE*swordo,黑的，脏的，词源 同 swarthy,黝黑的。
英文词源
- sordid (adj.)
- early 15c., "festering," from Latin sordidus "dirty, filthy, foul, vile, mean, base," from sordere "be dirty, be shabby," related to sordes "dirt, filth," from PIE *swrd-e-, from root *swordo- "black, dirty" (cognates: Old English sweart "black"). Sense of "foul, low, mean" first recorded 1610s. Related: Sordidly; sordidness.
双语例句
- 1. She listened to Kate'sexplanation of the sordid affair.
- 她听凯特对这件丑事作何解释。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. It was a shock to discover the truth about his sordid past.
- 他以往的丑行被发现时，人们感到震惊。
来自《权威词典》
- 3. The huts they lived in were sordid and filthy beyond belief.
- 他们住的小房真是异乎寻常地脏.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. I've washed my hands of the whole sordid business.
- 我已经洗手不干那种肮脏的勾当了.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. He depicts the sordid and vulgar sides of life exclusively.
- 他只描写人生肮脏和庸俗的一面.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》